'Request' in the Bible

Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,

And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.

And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

Does it not seem possible to you that if I make request to my Father he will even now send me an army of angels?

Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.

This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.

And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;

And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.

And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?

For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

And he went forward a little, and falling down on the earth, made request that, if possible, the hour might go from him.

Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.

There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying,

And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.

When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.

This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.

They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.

If you make any request to me in my name, I will do it.

If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.

Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.

But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

He then, seeing Peter and John going into the Temple, made a request to them.

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.

And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.

So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.

So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail.

But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.

But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.

The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.

For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.

Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,

So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.

We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.

So that we made a request to Titus that, as he had made a start before, so he might make this grace complete in you.

For while he gladly gave ear to our request, he was interested enough to go to you from the impulse of his heart.

Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.

And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.

I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

I make request to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.

Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,